Hari Prasad Shrestha

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Hari Prasad Shrestha was born in Palpa, Nepal, and graduated from Tribhuvan University. He went on to Italy to complete his further studies and studied at the institute for Studies on Economic Development and the Italian Civil Service High institute. He has also studied at the University of Connecticut, USA. He worked for the Nepalese government for three and a half decades under different ministries and was associated with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Africa for six years. He has two published books to his credit and regularly and contributes articles to leading dailies across the world. He is also a member of the Nepalese Journal of Administration, Management and Development.

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by HARI PRASAD SHRESTHA 11 May 2019 Nowadays, a popular buzzword loudly heard in Nepal that it is in a process to be similar to Fiji, stating that the immigrants are dominating countries’ demography. Since 1951, Nepal’s citizenship laws have been full of controversy with never-ending problems as almost all governments in Nepal seemed to

by HARI PRASAD SHRESTHA 28 April 2019 Being a poor, landlocked country, Nepal has been under an obligation of external forces on major affairs of its national importance. There is no doubt that India is the primary external player meddling in Nepal’s internal affairs. After that western countries, China and the USA are important players,

by HARI PRASAD SHRESTHA 6 March 2019 In fact, many Nepalis have little knowledge about Nepal’s relation with Tibet that it was easier and safe compared to travel towards south at least until the 19th century. As a sociologist, Dor Bahadur Bista mentions, until the beginning of the 19th century, Nepal shared a greater cultural

by HARI PRASAD SHRESTHA 1 February 2019 Nepal’s Prime Minister KP Sharma Oli participated in World Economic Forum on 22-25 January 2019 at Davos, Switzerland. This was Nepal’s first presence in Davos at the prime minister’s level. ‘We’re in a new economic era: Globalization 4.0’. This was the theme of Davos 2019. The prime minister emphasized on Nepal’s

by Hari Prasad Shrestha 30 November 2018 According to media reports, India’s unwillingness to accept Nepal India Eminent Persons’ Groups (EPGs) report reconfirms that it is not ready to reset Nepal-India relations in changed regional and global dynamism. Indian prime Minister Modi seems reluctant to receive the report due to pressure of intelligence

Shangrila Alive By Hari Prasad Shrestha 22 October 2018 Recent India’s decision to refuse additional entry air routes to Nepal could be a big blow to its tourism industry in the future. In the past nine years, Nepal requested India to grant air routes, but India was only haunting without accepting or

Hari Prasad Shrestha 30 July 2018 An election is a formal collective decision-making procedure by which people choose a candidate to hold public office. Elections have been a reliable mechanism for modern representative democracy. In several countries with the weak rule of law, the primary cause why elections do not meet international standards of

By Hari Prasad Shrestha 4/6/2018 Khamsum Wangdu and his younger brother Kunsang Namgyal, Tibetan refugees achieved the opportunity to study at the University of Kathmandu’s dental school on scholarship. However, in 2015 they were denied the right to take the final licensing exam owing to their statelessness. However, the brothers later that year got

By Hari Prasad Shrestha 9/5/2018 The slogan of barring Nepalese from joining foreign armies seems to be more political agendas to attract people’s attention rather than start dialogue with Britain and India to stop its recruitment. In line with series of efforts to bar Nepalese in foreign armies, recently a work plan

BY HARI PRASAD SHRESTHA 14/4/2018 During the recent India visit of Nepal Prime Minister K. P. Sharma Oli, it has been observed that Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi asserted, to some level that he was misguided by the so-called Nepal experts – during the promulgation of Constitution of Nepal in 2015 and Nepal India

BY HARI PRASAD SHRESTHA 3/4/2018 According to the World Bank, the cereal production in Nepal was 9,562,680 metric tons (MT) as of 2014. Over the past 53 years, this indicator reached a maximum value of 9,562,680 in 2014 and a minimum value of 3,126,325 in 1966. Production of major cereals in year 2015/16

BY Hari Prasad Shrestha 20/2/2018 The forcible deportation of a population—is defined as a crime against humanity under the statutes of both International Criminal Court (ICC) and the International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia (ICTY). The official United Nations definition of ethnic cleansing is “rendering an area ethnically homogeneous by using force or intimidation

By Hari Prasad Shrestha 5/2/2018 The poorest and most vulnerable people are being affected the most by the effect of climate change compared to the rich countries. The Himalayan country of Nepal has neither plenty of industries nor an excessive quantity of burning fossil fuels; the problem of deforestation is also not very

By Hari Prasad Shrestha Proper execution of federalism is of utmost importance agenda for prosperity in Nepal. The country has been devastated by great earthquake and reconstruction of infrastructures need great attention for its timely completion. It is necessary to increase employment opportunities for the population of the country and to work abroad through growth